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[[File:Object Manager (Windows) screenshot.png|thumb|Object Manager in Windows, categorized hierarchically using ''namespaces'']]

'''Object Manager''' (internally called '''Ob''') is a subsystem implemented as part of the [[Windows Executive]] which manages Windows ''resources''. Each resourceResources, which are surfaced as logical ''objects'', resideseach reside in a namespace for categorization. Resources can be physical devices, files or folders on volumes, [[Windows Registry|Registry]] entries or even running processes. All objects representing resources have an <code>Object Type</code> property and other metadata about the resource. Object Manager is a shared resource, and all subsystems that deal with the resources have to pass through the Object Manager.

==Architecture==